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Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga is confirmed to have another TV anime series next year! It is scheduled to be broadcast in April 2015 on TV Tokyo. The ongoing manga was first serialized in 2003 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump. Its first anime adaptation series debuted in April 2006 and lasted until March 2010. After concluding the first series with 201 episodes, a sequel began airing again from April 2011 until 2013. Two films were also released based on Sorachi’s manga, with the second movie, “Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya” being shown in Japan last July, 2013.

There is nothing more depressing than seeing your favorite anime character die in the series. So Charapedia asked 10,000 fans which among those anime deaths left the biggest impact, and the poll was completed last week. The results are as follows:

There is no denying that Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump is one of the best-selling magazines in Japan as it homes several of the widely-known manga including the recently concluded work of Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), which ended its 15-year run in the magazine. Da Vinci News conducted a survey and asked its readers to name what they think are the “most powerful” Weekly Shonen Jump manga. And those which managed to clinch a spot in the top 20 are as follows: